Episode 79 - Is it a bird a plane or JavMan?

Author: Javvad Malik, Andrew Agnēs, Thom Langford
Published: Fri 29 Oct 2021
Episode Link: https://podcast.hostunknown.tv/episodes/episode-79-is-it-a-bird-a-plane-or-javman-KMMO84U5

This Week in InfoSec (08:13)

With content liberated from the “today in infosec” Twitter account

29th October 1969: The first message sent over the ARPANET was from Leonard Kleinrock’s UCLA computer, sent by student programmer Charley Kline at 10:30 PM to the second node at Stanford Research Institute’s computer in Menlo Park, California.

The message was simply "Lo." But not on purpose.

Charley Kline Sends the First Message Over the ARPANET from Leonard Kleinrock's Computer

https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1321861878985953282

25th October 2008: A 43-year-old woman in Japan was arrested after she hacked into the computer of the man she'd married in the online game MapleStory and erased his carefully constructed digital character after their relationship curdled.

Woman faces jail for hacking her virtual husband to death

https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1320513559500128257

Rant of the Week (18:18)

Why You Should Delete Your Facebook App

A stark new warning for almost all iPhone users, as Facebook is suddenly caught “secretly” harvesting sensitive data without anyone realizing. And worse, there’s no way to stop this especially invasive tracking other than by deleting the app.

Billy Big Balls of the Week (27:15)

Teen bought Google ad for his scam website and made 48 Bitcoins duping UK online shoppers

The schoolboy set up a website impersonating gift voucher site Love2Shop. Having done that he then bought Google ads which resulted in his fake site appearing above the real one in search results.

Industry News (34:03)

Government Agents Compromise REvil Backups to Force Group Offline

Halloween Horror-Show for Candy-Maker Hit by Ransomware

New Cybersecurity World Record Set

Tesco App and Website Back Online After Cyber Incident

BlackMatter Bug Saved Victims Millions in Ransom Payments

Study Coordinator Falsified Clinical Trial Data

EC-Council Offers Free Cybersecurity Training

Ofcom's Scam Call-Blocking Plan Could Save Consumers Millions

North Korean Lazarus APT Targets Software Supply Chain

Tweet of the week (41:28)